Signaling window for automobiles



BEST AvmLALE com July e, 1925. f 1,591,785

J. SHARKEY SIGNALING WINDOW FOR AUTOMOBILES Filed Feb. 9. 1925 wxTNEssEs i l? /6 9 xNvENToR /aw l 546* JOSEPH SH/qkesf ATTORNEYS Patented July 6, 192.6..

eEsT AvAxLAeLE com PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH s HARKEY, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. l

SIGNALING WINDOW FOR AUTOMOBILES.

Application filed February 9, 1925.

This invention relates to an accessory for motor vehicles and has particular reference to a signalin Window for motor vehicles of the, close type by means of which the usual hand signals required by law to be given by the driver to following or approaching traflic may be effected without the necessity of opening the window adjacent the drivers seat.

As now constructed automobiles and other n'uotor 'vehicles of the closed type are equipped with Windows movable in a vertical plane and opened bylowering the same to the 'lower portion of the door, the movement of the Window from a closed to'open position being impractical in the short space of time necessary to give an emergency signal and therefore necessitating the leaving l of the window 'in partially opened condition for signaling purposes. It necessarily follows that'theoccupants of the vehicle in extremely'cold or stormy weather suffer untold discomfort and yit is therefore the main object of the present vinvention to provide a device which affords a means for instantaneously efectingan opening through which the driver may project his hand for giving the hand si nals and which device is normally closed w en not in active use.

' To' this end it is therefore essential to provide a device which is preferably in the nature of an accessory whereby the same may be readily installed in the Window of the car adjacent the drivers seat and which will in no way affect the operation of the window to open and close the same by the usual means now employed. v

The invention furthermore comprehends a device constituting an attachment for a built-in part ofthe usual type of closed car whichdevice is comparatively simple in its construction and mode of operation, which is inexpensive to manufactureand install and which is thoroughly reliable and highly efficient in its purpose.

With the above recited and other objects in view, the invention resides in the novel construction set forth in the following speciication, particularly pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that the right is reserved to embodiments other than those actually illustrated herein, to the `Referring to thel drawings Serial No. 8,083.

full extent indicated by the general meaning of the terms iu which the vclaims are expressed.

ln the drawings- Figure l illustrates diagrammatically a signaling window Yfor motor vehicles of the closed type with the Window closure in its opened condition to admit of the projection of the hand` therethrough for signaling pur.-

Roses- Fig."2 is *a fragmentary vertical sectional view on an' enlarged scale taken ap rOXimately on the line indicated at 2-2 in ig. 1.

Fig. '3 is a fragmentary vertical sectional "A view taken'approximately on the line indicated at 3--3 -in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary inside elevation. Fig. 5 1s an enlarged detail vertical sectional View taken approximately on the line indicated at 5-5 in F ig. 4.

by characters of reference 10 designates the body of a motor vehicle of the closed type which is provided with the usual window openings 11 in which vertically slida-ble window frames 12 are arranged for vertical sliding movement so that the same may be lowered or raised to respectively open or close the window opening. The frames 12 are channeled or grooved as at 13 to receive the usual transparent or glass panels 14 which are fitted in the same and said frames and panels are movable in unison by any well-known operating means now in general use. As heretoforeexplained it is necessary to leave the Vwindow adjacent the drivers seat open for the purpose of projecting the hand therefrom to give the usual hand trattic signals required by law due to the fact that the operation of opening the window in an emergency requires a greater length of time than is practical.

In order to overcome the above and hence to provide means which while normally closed may be instantly opened to afford an opening through which the hand may be projected to give the signals, the device constituting the present invention has been devised. Said device preferably is in the nature of an accessory or attachment which includes a frame l5 having a. tongue 16 at the lower end'of its lower cross rail 17 and tongues 18 at the outer sides of its side rails 19 which are of a size to be snugly received by the grooves or channels 13 of the window ;tlyrarne; 12. The upper cross rail 2,0fo`fithe lvframe 15 is provided Ao'n'ts upper edge with a groove or channel 21. The usual glass panel 14 is cut 0E so'that the same fits between *the upper rail fof Jlthe window frame 12 and the upper crQSS rrail 20 of the frame 15 withtheldwer e'dgeof the panel 14 received in thel roove orchannel 21 of the cross rail 20. ie frame 15 is of a [thickness substantially r-equal to the thickness-:of the 'wndw iframe l2, whereby 5it will in no way interfere with the vertical sliding movement of the window -frame in its usual --guides :1a-pd .receiving compartment. The; opposite .Sidefrals 18 :of ,the 4frame -15 aefiprovided on ftlller inner sides ,-'with :reeessesfz vwhich11eme-cenniartmehtsJ ,23, ier housing afnlechanism 'for mounting and. fe..- taining the closure panel 24 in its open-and closedfpostens. yThe:siils/rails-iSgandth frarne'l :de'nea :signaling .'Wndwopening 25 in which :the: closure panel 24 :is .munted in fai normal: ,vertical planeta closeithe 'opening and capable ofgoutward'and --upward swinging flnove'ment :toQpen :the signaling -wndowopennga v -irdfaeerfitdts upper' end fthe :panel has att-ached gthereto in :any suitable manner a airidf =-laterally projecting ft-runnions 26 sw ichiextend ,throilgl-1 bearing [openings 27 f in Ythe in'ner. sidewalls 28 -of the lrec'esses', 22 whichsdene the compartments =23. The 4I:tree terminals 2,9 of the trunnionsare xextended -into bearing .fopeningsBOvi'n the outer side wal1s31 which define-:the recesses 22 'and the intermediate portion hf"the-trunnions :which-lie within ,the lre'eesses 22 are laterally. o'set .tof provide cranks-:32. A coiled :contractile @spring .33 has 1one :of its 'terminals ,'34 connected with its"onter lside^with -a 2depending flange or bead '38 against fwhich the Aaipper edge ot lthe lp'anel isaadxapted'to contact when -said panelis liniits vertical closed -position: within itlhe window .opening :25. The foiset for crank=portions-32are so-disposetl at-an outward -angle when the panel vis -in ,its .closed .position as -topermit the spring to--efectually maintainithe'lozwer inner edge and side inner edges in engagement with the stop langes held against casual movement or displacement by the tension of the spring which tends to eifect a further downward swinging movementof the offsetuozr crank portions V32.l ltis however 'bvi'lov'tlszv @hat a slight pressure exerted the'lland'against- Vthe panel 24 from within will move the cranks -pas't-#aveitieal'dead center whereby said cranks 4will be disposed at an inward a'ngle'an'd'the tension of the springs will function to exert ,a further downward pull lto swingthe lower end of the panel out- .ward inovemenft. "lt 'th'n's follows free Y and-unobstructed passage or window .apening 25 .is aordedto 'allow ,forftlflelprojectin of' the hand of the ldriverto-eecttheusual hand tralfic signals lnforder toprovide means gior `closing ,the

signaling lwindow elsurefpanel tol au n or- .nial .vertical position a .manipulating handle 40 is :provided .which/is preferablyvuof U- .shape cross sectional .configuration cut away .at itsnpper end gto provide -ears 441 fhaving laterally projecting Ytrunni'o'ns42; mounted in bearing openings 43'in`;th'e,side'walls28 and 31 :of one of therecesses Y-22, i,preferably the one adjacent the forwardendo'flQthe v vehicle. tOneof the trunnions 42 ,has'secured Lthereon a ,gear .or v,pinion 44=which meshes `with ;a Ygearor pinion .45 .onthe panel trunnion 26. When the panelf2'4 (is op ened, the man ipulatinghandle 40 :ithrgu'gh the intermeshin g gears or pinions'44and1-45 swings inwardly 'and upwardly,-sof'that 'the saine is inposition tobeaieadilyinioied g downwardly by the hand afterthe rsignalifng =operation is completed.l lthefr downward movement of .the .handle 40 Y,through the in- Atei-meshing gears 44 and '.45turns'the trun- "nion 26 in adirection 'to etlect thedretilrn movement of gthe panel 24 to aclolsedfposition. .Preferably the rear .open l,sides .of lthe recesses 22 v.defining Athe .housings vor ,compartments v23 are closedfby (Joverlflg .plates 46 which are retainedfinfplace anc lering screwsor other fastening device 47 .)to'a1low for the removal o'ffthevlplates'lto.el'ect re-.

pairs .or ,adjustments to the operating fme'chs 'anisnr 'The .plate .46 which covers A,the .mechanism to which the AmanipulatingghandlelilO is attached fis 4preferably .cutaway at48 so that the handle 40 'closes ,flush intothe cut-away portion 46' when 'thepanel is closed and swings ,outwardly "therefrom when the panel isopenn Itfiso'f lcourse'to be understood `that `while ,the *device hasbeen especially .designed fas an .accessory oran attachment so that .the sameanay be installled on cars or vehicles )which bave'been previously built, the same may 4be 'initially built into and form a part of the window trame of newly constructed cars or vehicles without in any way departing from the scope or spirit of the invention.

I claim:

l. The combination with a closed Vehicle having a vertically slidable window therein adjacent the drivers seat of a signaling section forming the lower end of said window', and mounted to swing upwardly and outwardly when manually pushed from the inside of the vehicle, self-locking spring devices for rapidly swinging said section to open position after it has been initially manually moved and handle means oper- 15 ated by the spring devices and swinging inwardly and upwardly as the section swings to open position.

2. In a closed motor vehicle pro-vided with a vertically Slidable window adjacent the drivers seat, a signaling section forming the lower portion of said window and pivoted near its upper edge to swing upwardly and outwardly, a handle associated with said section, means Jfor automatically swinging said handle upwardly and inwardly as the section is moved to open position, and means whereby depression of the handle restores the section to closed position.

JOSEPH SHARKEY. 

